Navy Day Parade Shows U S Fleet Power In New York
President Truman led Navy Day celebrations in New York with a seven mile review of 47 warships on the Hudson and a parade along Broadway. He commissioned the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn navy yard and toured aboard the battleship Missouri with a 46 car motorcade and 2,000 marines and sailors in attendance.
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America
Truman
Hudson River
New York
Harry S. Truman
United States Navy
Mr. Truman
Pennsylvania Station
F. H. Law
Grover A. Whalen
Irman
Avenue of the Americas
mid-Manhattan
Riverside Drive
Spuyten Duyvil
New York Navy Yard
Franklin D. Rooseve
Missouri
Jonas H. In
The
Atlantic
Prices Steady On Old And Middle Belts Tobacco Markets
Raleigh reports Prices remained comparatively steady today on middle and old belt cured tobacco markets with some irregularities at eastern centers. Most grades held near current quotations while several grades rose 1 to 2 per hundred including lower quality lugs and nondescript grades. Thursday's average was 45.45 per hundred.
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Raleigh
Federal State Marketing News Service
Thurson
Truman Early Breakfast With New York Politicians
President Truman surprised New York political figures by inviting them into his special car at Pennsylvania Station for an 8 o'clock breakfast. Edward Flynn Bronx Democratic leader arrived early and said he rarely rises this early as other officials joined him to meet Robert Hannegan and discuss local campaigns.
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New York
Truman
Pennsylvania
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Robert E. Hannegan
William O'Dwyer
Paul Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
Strike Vote Planned By Steel Union
CIO steel workers plan strike votes involving more than 600000 employees in 766 plants across steel aluminum and iron ore sectors to press for a $2 a day wage boost. Philip Murray leads the effort citing preserving purchasing power amid broader industry wage disputes. Federal agencies anticipate near normal conditions by mid November as executives reiterate rejection of wage demands under price controls.
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CIO Steel
CIO Automotive
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Union
Chrysler Corporations
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Fort Motor Company
Federal Conciliation Service
Washington
Murray
Pittsburgh
Union
U.S. Steel
Adm Bagley Calls for a Postwar Navy Strength
Vice Admiral David Worth Bagley urged a navy with overwhelming size and strength so no power dares attack the nation or its possessions. Speaking at Navy Day in Raleigh he warned against disarmament moves and said the United States must stay strong to enforce national policy if needed. Bagley, a Raleigh native, serves in Washington after wartime commands and was introduced by ex Governor J M Broughton.
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Raleigh
David Worth Bagley
Navy
United States
Admiral Bagley
Navy Department
Washington
J. M. Broughton
Stalin Receives Harriman Letters in Sochi Talks
U S Ambassador Harriman met with Generalissimo Stalin at Sochi to discuss Truman’s letter and mutual problems affecting allied cooperation. The talks, the second since Truman’s tenure, confirm Stalin’s readiness to return to Moscow and counter press reports of illness. Harriman's return to Moscow followed a lengthy trip and fatigue.
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Moscow
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Stalin
Truman
Harriman
Black Sea
Roosevelt
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
Sochi
Dutch East Indies urged to hold peace talks with Indonesia
Hubertus van Mook urged immediate negotiations with Indonesia after Javas nationalist campaign and resignation of Stachouwer. Soekarno rejects direct talks without third‑party mediation while Amie Sjarifuddin signals informal talks with conditions including self determination and third‑party oversight. Dutch ministries cite uncertainty of reports from the islands.
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Huberttus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
L. Tiarda van de Seonaet Stachouwer
Rich East Empire
Java
Ministry For Overseas Territories
Soekarno
Soerkarno
Netherlands Commonwealth
Amie Sjarifuddin
Batavia
United States
Britain
Archbishop Garbett Warns Atomic Bombs End World
The Archbishop of York says atomic bombs threaten global end times unless an international body controls their production and ensures immediate retaliation to any sudden attack. He cites Biblical prophecy and urges statesmen to create a governing organization for bomb management.
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London
Cyril Forster Garbett
York
Parkin Cuts Letter Time in China Theatre
Major Charles A. Parkin of Asheville North Carolina and Peoria Illinois, now postal officer for the China theatre, has reduced U S letter delivery from ten to fifteen days to Kunming by a month.
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Kunming
China
INS
Charles A. Parkin
Asheville
N. C
Peoria
Ill
China Theatre
Conferees Seek Tax Relief Accord Despite Holiday
Washington: Senate and House conferees work on a tax relief bill during a Saturday holiday. Key dispute centers on corporate taxes with senators favoring repeal of excess profits tax next year while the House aims to retain until 1947 but cut the rate in 1946.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Four Reported Killed in Plane Crash in Ind
An army transport plane crashed on a farm northwest of Pennville Indiana killing four servicemen and injuring several others. Reports varied on the number aboard with six to eighteen aboard. Injured were taken to Bluffton Portland and Ortford City hospitals. Victim names withheld pending kin notification. Crash occurred about 8 am on Dr Charles Caylor farm ten miles northwest of Portland.
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Portland
Ind
Pennville
Bluffton
Ortford City
Charles Caylor
Here
World Leaders Warn of Peril as Peace Prospects Waver
AP dispatch notes urgent cautions from Anthony Eden and Bishop Oxnam that atomic age dangers and a lack of united leadership threaten peace. They warn against appeasement and urge calm, practical compromises to avoid a new global war with blocs forming and arms race intensifying.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Leeds
Scotand
Britain
Anthony Eden
Ing
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Ohio
Cleveland
Germany
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
World Too Small to Hold Japs Americans Says
Rear Admiral Thomas L. Gatch warned that the world cannot contain 70 million Japanese plus twice that number unless they radically change. In an address to the Military Order of the World Wars he urged a stringent, ongoing watch to prevent Japan from matching Western war methods.
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Washington
Thomas L. Gatch
Gateh
Navy
Ray Of Hope Seen In Strike Situation
Government agencies report signs of a slowdown in labor disputes over wages as reconversion may get a breathing spell. Labor Department sources unofficially predict major work stoppages will persist through year end, potentially influencing congressional action.
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Ray of Hope
Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Dixie Workers Split Ballots On Walkouts
In Spartanburg and Gaffney South Carolina two cotton mills held strike votes ordered by the NLRB. Broad River Mills Blacksburg 77 for strike 54 against from 157 eligible while Limestone Mills Gaffney 85 for strike 115 against from 243 eligible.
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Spartanburg
S. C
South Carolina
National Labor Relations Board
C. D. Puckett
Spartanburg-Cherokee Joint Board
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Broad River Mills
Blacksburg
Limestone
Gaffney
Broadriver
Limestone Mill
NLRB
Farmers to Get Smaller Return For Their Meat
Washington report says meat supply in 1946 will meet 1945 demand with similar price levels. Farmers may receive moderately lower returns from meat animals as subsidies to slaughterers are phased out by June 30 1946, possibly lowering cattle and hog prices while pork production rises.
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Washington
Geet Department
Department
Franklin D Roosevelt carrier commissioned by U S Navy
President Truman commissioned the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York as a symbol of United Nations resolve to stop international gangster activity. He highlighted cooperation and projected global reach, noting the ship’s potential to project air power from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines and Africa within days. He pledged law over force in international affairs.
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New York
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amrica
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Africa
United
China uneasy over Russia policy raises Manchuria fears
In Chungking officials express worry over Moscow's China policy amid reported refusal to let Chinese troops land at Dairen and Port Arthur. Critics accuse Russia of violating sovereignty, transferring Manchuria wealth, and failing to sever links with Chinese communists while trade and currency issues add to tension. The overarching concerns are Moscow’s stance and the risk of civil war.
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Chungking
Russia
China
Moscow
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchuria
United States
Truman outlines 12 point plan anchored in military strength
President Truman declares a 12 point force policy based on military power to preserve peace and outlaw atomic destruction. He stresses faith in international action, world cooperation, and U N backing while rejecting territorial aggression and forced governance.
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New York
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